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The Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults, commonly called the Beers List, [1] are guidelines published by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) for healthcare professionals to help improve the safety of prescribing medications for adults 65 years and older in all except palliative settings.
The Beers Criteria and the STOPP/START criteria present medications that may be inappropriate for use in older adults, [31] including drugs associated with high risk of adverse reactions for this population or lacking evidence for their benefits when safer and more effective alternatives exist. [32]
Mark Howard Beers (April 24, 1954 – February 28, 2009) [1] was an American geriatrician whose research on drug interactions among the elderly led to the creation of the eponymous Beers criteria, which lists prescription medications that may have deleterious side effects in older patients.
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The Beers Criteria and the STOPP/START criteria help identify medications that have the highest risk of adverse drug events (ADE) and drug-drug interactions. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] [ 62 ] The Medication appropriateness tool for comorbid health conditions during dementia (MATCH-D) is the only tool available specifically for people with dementia, and also ...
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Beers Criteria is a list of medications that are potentially inappropriate for use in the elderly and some of them increase the risk of falls. [44] Falls are well known amongst community-dwelling individuals ages 65 and older. [45] The risk of fall-related incidents nearly doubles when individuals are institutionalized. [46]